The Knowlton Covered Bridge, near Rinard Mills, Ohio, was built around 1860. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It was decommissioned shortly after. Also known as the Long Covered Bridge, it is a Burr arch truss bridge.
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| Nearest city | Rinard Mills, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°36′04″N 81°09′26″W / 39.60111°N 81.15722°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architectural style | Burr arch truss bridge |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003165[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 11, 1980 |
It is located north of Rinard Mills, and is in Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
The bridge has three spans over the Little Muskingum River. It was rehabilitated in 1995[2] and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 2004.
It is mentioned in the Ohio Historic Places Dictionary.[3]
The middle span collapsed the evening of July 5, 2019. The Old Camp span has also collapsed, sometime in the summer of 2020.[citation needed] As of March 2024 the bridge is currently under reconstruction. With plans to have it open within a few months.
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Knowlton Covered Bridge 35-56-18". Bridgehunter.
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 973.
External links
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Media related to Crum Covered Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OH-123, "Crum Bridge, Spanning Little Muskingum River, TR 384A (formerly Old Camp Road), Rinard Mills, Monroe County, OH", 15 photos, 1 color transparency, 10 data pages, 3 photo caption pages